Illinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...
Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons
When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.
NY prison still on lockdown as guards retake control of dorms from inmates, search cell blocks
Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.
Kidnap accused found dead in cell, inquest hears
A 65-year-old man accused of being involved in a child kidnapping plot was found suffocated in his prison bed, an inquest jury has been told. Robert Frith, from Holyhead on Anglesey, died at HMP ...